Durban panchang, 5 May 2029
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:16 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:34
- 11:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:16 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:29 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:26 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:24 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 16:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:29 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:26 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:34
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:42 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 16:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:24 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:49 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:28 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:54 Pisces
- 04:54 – 07:15 Aries
- 07:15 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 16:09 Virgo
- 16:09 – 17:43 Libra
- 17:43 – 19:38 Scorpio
- 19:38 – 21:53 Sagittarius
- 21:53 – 00:14 next day Capricorn
- 00:14 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 04:50 next day Pisces
- 04:50 – 06:28 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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